Christopher Hitchens predicted in 2009 that the term ‘Islamophobia’ would eventually be used to criminalize any speech that is critical of Islam. The whole concept of ‘Islamophobia’ is about implementing Sharia blasphemy laws in the West. - Dr. Maalouf ‏

NEW: Lucy Connolly reveals her 13-year-old daughter had her new school place rescinded when a headteacher realised Lucy was her mother. She said: “They said racism doesn’t go down well at the school and my daughter being there would cause a ruckus.”

“I watched as Graham Linehan changed the way we police free speech.” When Graham was arrested by five armed officers at Heathrow over three posts on X, it was a shocking illustration of the free speech crisis in the UK. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Shortly

The BBC, complicit in censorship? Who knew? Jeremy Bowen Nick Robinson BBC News (UK)

Hilarious, the BBC call their news ‘Verified’. Verified to be no longer trustworthy? They’ve been caught so many times altering the news to suit, and telling outright fibs. BBC Trending BBC Radio 4 Today BBC Breaking News BBC News (UK) Jeremy Bowen Nick Robinson BBC Newsnight

Yaphett Kotto, in a 1968 episode of High Chaparral. Interesting man Jewish, fluent Hebrew speaker, supporter of Israel Supporter of Black Lives Matter, and Donald Trump. Died in 2021.

We've just published a new report defending the right to trial by jury. We analysed Ministry of Justice data from 2017-25, comparing the acquittal rate for those charged with speech crimes in jury trials compared to non-jury trials. The results are quite startling. For all

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On this week’s episode of That’s Debatable! Connie Shaw is joined by former BBC journalist Cath Leng. Cath speaks out amid the BBC bias scandal about her own experience of being disciplined — and ultimately forced out — after raising concerns over impartiality, the censorship

Astonishing Absolutely astonishing

Absolutely College of Policing National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC)

Blimey

Stopping the boats by whatever means necessary Personally, I think it’s fantastic There will be no aggrieved party running to the police complaining someone has damaged their property But if they really are smugglers ( which some people doubt) they might be a bit angry…

Labour's plan to turn England's best farmland over to developers – while councils rake in millions from compulsory purchases – is about to come to pass. The bulldozers could be in by Christmas, says Simon Panter. dailysceptic.org/2025/12/02/lab…

Chilling This means those people the government don’t like can be fast tracked to prison

David Lammy is attacking jury trials. He claims this is to reduce the court backlog. This is simply not true. The effect will be tiny. Watch me explain here 👇

The incident took place at a New York party in the early '70s: ultimateclassicrock.com/john-lennon-th…

Absolutely fantastic